The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-06-10
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have already arrived, and thousands
OF others are bowling along over the
railroads on their way 10 Camp
George Washington. The latter
name isthe chrIateninR ihSt the camp
will receive on next Monday, when
the drill Will bo formally opened. At
the camp ground no drum has beat
yet, but The reveIlle IL sounded by
the llvelyGring Of hundrees of ham
mera.
The busiest scenes arc around the
base OF the Washington Monument.
Scores OF men are at work there put
ting down plank floors for The tan.s.
NosrIy oil of the Monument grounds
VIII be appropriated for thIs purposs.
Scores OF carpenters ARE alHO working
hard on tho grand stand In The Drill
Enclosure from which the contest viii
be viewed. 'fhe Drill ground Is prob
ably the finest place 81 grass land
which could have been found for the
purpose In tho whole ceuntry. IL 10
now entirely enclosed within hoard
fence twelve feet high. There are
about ten acres Of green rs smooth
and fat as tennis lawn. The plst y
oval and the grand stand extends Just
half around II. From this tho view
IL very tine whatever way sou Look.
To the souihward the white marble
Monument-the hIghssi In tie world
-glistens In the sunshine. The
view n0rthward Is particularly fine.
To the left lie the magnIiieeu, Wsr.
State aud Navy Department build.
ing, and 70 the rIght the solid, ,di,
graai's Treasury, while hrtwsen lha
two tho White House sinlles through
groups Of t.ll green trees. The Cor
coran building, Albaugh's Theatre and
the Panorama nuIldIng OF the battie
OF Bulls Run ars all near by, and sl-
though rather Ia, fsr f,r perfect sat
isfaction, the roof of any of them
would afford clear View of the en-
tire Drill ground.
The Interstate Commerce C0.nm
sion has returned home from IT, wan.
deFings, aud has deeided II can besi
attend Ia IT. duties hy remaining In
Washington sfter ti,l~. The C.ta~
mIssloners nave much wnrk bef,Fs
them yet before thoy can give linai
decision IS to the fanfus sioug AID
short haul" clause. rhs Qaeen and
Crescent and tie IllIpoIs Central
railroads have not yet presented their
cases, and their testimony will bs
t1ken here. Other Eosd- have ke1
permission TO submit written sitt.,-
ments, giving the facts mose g., de-
tail than they could IN thsl,Ftestlmony
before the C1mml sion. These dr-
uments will take time for considera-
ton. The testimony the Commits
sion to, un It's trip has not yet been
written out,and when IL Is IL wil' h,ve
10 be gone over carefully. 50 that you
see there Is considerable work u be
done before decision can be reach
ed.
The rev rules adopted by the Civil
Service Commission and approved by
the PresldeEt have been tbs sole top
ic of discussion among Department
Clerks for the past fortnight. The
agitation among the old employees Is
almost painful to 80. These penple
are very panIcky now-a-days ~ best,
and anything to mere rigid weed
Ing out Of Republicans irlghtens them
s. we'll 1t may. Must Of them wruld
be 10 dcplorable con dItion 10 re-
moved from their official positions.
Nothing Is calculated to cause grsnt.
er CONSERVATION IN Washington than
the the contingency of ofdIsmIssal, based
on the application Of new and strange
conditions. Whenever vacancy oc-
ours all the clerks ~ the Depart meut
In the class below II must become
candidates for promplIon and face The
competitive examination. They have
no discretion IN the matter, far the
order Is mandatoy. Thus, not only
does the clerk best fitted for the
promotion get the vac,nt place, hut
the status Of ell the rest Is ascertain
ed. Persons who get an average OF IS
p6r cent Ia the markings OF the ex-
amlners, as you remember, are se-
cured In their posItI ms and are de-
rIared eligible for promrtIon. All
who fall TO obtain that avera age are
re.examlned IN six months, and, II
they again fail, they becpme eligible
to reduction or dismissal.
So Of course The terrible chances
involved in the new rules cause great
excitement among Government em-
ployes Four-fl fths IT all Of them n
Washington wee appointed for sup
posed party service, under RepnhiI-
can administrations, ard while many
OF them are Incompetent, they have